Sexual Misdeeds Leading Reason for Lost Teaching Licenses: ; Board has Paid Out $6.9 Million in Past Five Years to Settle Claims of Misconduct

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Sexual abuse of students is the No. 1 reason public school teachers have lost their licenses in West Virginia during the past five years, amounting to about 35 percent of all teaching certificates being pulled.

The percentage could be even higher, but state Department of Education records obtained with a Freedom of Information Act request do not specify if a sexual offense was the reason why another 19 percent lost their teaching privileges, according to a review by The Associated Press. Those offenses were listed as misconduct with students.

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Sexual Misdeeds Leading Reason for Lost Teaching Licenses: ; Board has Paid Out $6.9 Million in Past Five Years to Settle Claims of Misconduct

Also, since July 1, 2000, the state Board of Risk and Insurance Management has paid $6.9 million to settle 17 claims involving teacher misconduct with students, according to agency records.

Sexual misdeeds by teachers remain a dirty little secret in schools across the nation even though...

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